The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year research grant of $842,000 to Mānoa to support investigations of enzyme-mediated protein folding in plants and for outreach education in the plant molecular biosciences.

Keith Amemiya was appointed interim executive administrator and secretary of the Board of Regents, Greg Grandin was appointed Mānoa Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Chair in Arts and Science, and Professor Constantinos S. Papacostas was appointed chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.